Arcades and bingo halls to get boost

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Changes to B3 fruit machines aim to help leisure industry

The maximum stake that can be gambled on each turn on a B3 fruit machine, found in adult gaming centres and bingo premises, is to rise from £1 to £2 under proposals set out today.

Alongside this measure, bingo halls and arcades will also be able to offer more of this type of machine, which has a maximum prize limit of £500.

At the moment adult gaming centres are only allowed a maximum of four B3s while bingo premises can have up to eight. The change will mean 20 per cent of their overall total of gaming machines can be B3s.